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I was wondering how to list the package updates with apt-get and Debian.<br />
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With Redhat, I use &quot;yum list updates&quot; and get something like:<br />
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377 packages excluded due to repository priority protections<br />
Updated Packages<br />
gnutls.x86_64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1.4.1-3.el5_1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;updates &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
kernel.x86_64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 &nbsp; &nbsp; updates &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
kernel-devel.x86_64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 &nbsp; &nbsp; updates &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
kernel-headers.x86_64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 &nbsp; &nbsp; updates &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
nagios.x86_64 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.12-1.el5.rf &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;rpmforge &nbsp;<br />
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Is there a way to do that with apt-get? I want to use it in a script so using apt-get upgrade does not work because it requires a response.
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I was wondering how to list the package updates with apt-get and Debian.

With Redhat, I use "yum list updates" and get something like:

377 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Updated Packages
gnutls.x86_64                            1.4.1-3.el5_1          updates         
kernel.x86_64                            2.6.18-53.1.21.el5     updates         
kernel-devel.x86_64                      2.6.18-53.1.21.el5     updates         
kernel-headers.x86_64                    2.6.18-53.1.21.el5     updates               
nagios.x86_64                            2.12-1.el5.rf          rpmforge  

Is there a way to do that with apt-get? I want to use it in a script so using apt-get upgrade does not work because it requires a response.

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